The map below is a section of a map
made at a scale of 6 inches to
1 mile in 1903.
Heyope is still a tiny scattered community and does not look dramatically
different from picture we can see on the 1940s map. There have been some
important changes though during Queen Victoria's long reign.

1.
The railway age has come to the area since the tithe map was made in the
1840s. This was the Central Wales Railway,
built in the 1860s, which connected
this remote rural area with the English midlands and with South Wales. For
local people it made a short journey to market day in Knighton much easier.

2.
The map above also shows that the hamlet has a new
school next to St David's church. By the end of Queen Victoria's
reign all the local children would have had an education up to 13. Most
local children would spend their whole school lives in this one tiny building.
The education they had would open up new opportunities for them. (See
the pages onVictorian school lifein
the Knighton area).